The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-10
Smokers VaSaries.


porter sought a secluded nook in a
Bowery cigar store to dash off two or
three paragraphs While he was pre-
pairing his copy well-known comed-
ian, who is noted almost as much for
his smoking propensities as he is for
his funny ways on the stage, came in,
and, throwing down a silver dollar,
asked the dealer why he didn't always
give him the same brand
Il do replied the man behind the
counter, rolling out handful of seal
brown beauties on the glass case in
front of him.
Take 'em away" said the actor,
pushing the profiered cigars back.
These are not the kind | usually
smoke-give me something different. "
Then, selecting eight stimulating NOR
sells from another lot, put seven of
them in his case, lighted the eighth
one, and, putting a cloud of smoke
upon one of his own Autographs that
adorned the window, he departed, say
ing: Il know cigar when see it. "
There goes another said the deal
er, talking to himself: but the reporter,
thinking the remark addressed to him,
asked: Another what?n
Another man with more magma
ton than taste. He is gone off salts
fed that he is smoking a new brand of
tobacco, while in reality he got the
same article he has been using for a
year, except it was taken from a diff
fl nj " 1a hal hn tn ha
next time he comes in he will ask for
the same as he had last time and say:
They are something like.
"Why didn't you tell him
And lose his custom? o no?
couldn't retain his good will and ques-
ton his Judgment on the quality of
tobacco. Such cases happen every
day. Scaacely one man in hundred
can rely upon his taste for smoking. A
weeG that tempts to-day will tomorrow
be positively distasteful. There GER
tainly is broad distinction between
cheap seed tobacco and that cultivated
to a high degree, but beyond that
criticism is hollow mockery. / know
you Will sneer when | tell YOU that the
mark Of distinction between an inn
ported cigar and one of domestic make
is really the snap smell that fastens
to the imported article, but such is the
case nevertheless. A first-class Key
West can be sold for al imported cigar
almost any time.
How about the Henry Clay?"
We'll. the Henry Clay is protected
by its shape, which has never yet been
successfully counterfeited. Almost
anything else, however that is consign-
ed in ship cargoes can be palmed off as
imported stock. 4 smokers yagaries
are beyond comprehension. A retailer
can make "a reputation for cigar and
the notion OF the smoker VIII ruin it. -
what DO you think is the best
ci-lr?"
1t has Yet to be found, the names
and shapes vary so much. There was
a great run on the Figaro at Que time,
but it was not due TO the superiority Of
the stock used in them. for ii ranged in
price from So to SO per thousand.
The Figaro represented not a brand
but a shape, in which any quality of
tobacco might be worked up. The
Reina Victories, rs Panoies, Conchas,
Partagas, Regaiias, Margarita, and
Londres are other specimens of the
same class.
The quality of cigars can be told,
can it not, BY its color?'
"No. 1t is folly to select light
coIored cigar under the impression that
il is 4 mildsone. The darkest-looking
ci~ar Is known as the 'Oscuro, and the
ii-htest is the 'Claro. The shades be-
tween these are the .Madura. .Colora-
do Madura, Colorado, and Colorado
tiaro.' The fact may be that all, or
almost all, of these shades will be
found in one lot Of tobacco which may
be used wholly as wrappers. in that
case the color would signify but little,
-"r r." "i5er ni~ht be entirely differ
ent-either lighter or darker. Cigars
are all made up together and assorted
afterward, purely rs a matter of looks.
The difference in color is accidental
By that | mean that the same tobacco
leaf varies in shade--that part nearest
the ground being always the darkest
The discrepancy in shades means moth.
ing, but it is turned to account by
dealers in selling the same cigar tc
men of all tastes, as you saw me dc
just now. Acc Y0r5 Mail and Ec
press.